Day 4: Miami FL

Today was a rest day. Having said that we still drove for over an hour to the beach and back (the return bit took a while due to traffic and roadworks).

South Beach, Miami is a really cool place; a quality stretch of restaurants and cafes with a very nice beach, and not cheesy or over crowded. There was a rumour that Spring Break was going on this week, but thankfully we saw no evidence of it. We got plenty of attention cruising around. Here is Cory about to race a Miami cop:

From 2007 USA Elises

He won but got arrested and tortured horribly. Never mind. Here is a pic of us heading into South Beach. I love the flared corners at the front of the Elise; they are the only things one can see in front of the windscreen when driving:

From 2007 USA Elises

We had a brunch at the edge of the beach and walked around a bit. Weather was 85 or so with nice humidity and the water was lovely. I did my customary 5 mile swim. Well...I paddled around a bit with the water up to my knees then ran out of the water. One thing we did ponder was that there can't be many people that have undertaken a drive where they have dipped their toes in the Atlantic, The Gulf and The Pacific. Looking forward to completing that hat trick :)

You know you are with Elise-obsessed people when they tell you to meet them at "the lifeguard hut that looks kind of saffron yellow and krypton green with the chrome orange trim"

From 2007 USA Elises

I came across this place. I remember rolling a car here once. I think it was in Grand Theft Auto 3:

From 2007 USA Elises

We cruised back to the hotel after the beach. Plenty of attention and amusing conversations coming back, including:

Boy: "Is that a Lamborghini?"
Jared: "No it's a Fettuccine"

40-something woman leaning into car: "How much does it cost?"
Me: "45 grand or so."
*pause*
"Are you Jewish?"
"No"
"Oh you sound Jewish"
"Ummm..." (light turned green at this point)
I never worked it out...

The guy on his little moped revving enthusiastically next to us at a light made me laugh a lot, and he and his girlfriend were cracking up too. It's the little moments that make the day...